If you take the helicopter up a bit further, even if the mentors are getting some benefit from the government, the overall outcome is the government funding OSS development, and more people being exposed the the OSS community and its approaches.
Is this *bad*?
I find I get the best out of all worlds - I ride a motorcycle to work - it is cheap fast and fun. It uses less resources and fuel than a hybrid car, is less smelly and inconvenient than a bus. Best of all is getting to work with a smile on my face!
When my printer, keyboard and mouse cannot work under Linux how happy am I going to be?
This is the scenario now for me (BJ printer, Internet keyb & intellimouse), but I'm persisting and then printing to pdf dropping on a Windows PC and out comes the paper.
Why would Mr/Ms Mainstream bother if they have to buy new stuff or lose functionality?
Less time on making the gadgets work well and more time on making them work seamlessly with what the user has already and we may get this thing on many PCs - until then its like building a kit car - a limited audience...
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If you take the helicopter up a bit further, even if the mentors are getting some benefit from the government, the overall outcome is the government funding OSS development, and more people being exposed the the OSS community and its approaches. Is this *bad*?
I find I get the best out of all worlds - I ride a motorcycle to work - it is cheap fast and fun. It uses less resources and fuel than a hybrid car, is less smelly and inconvenient than a bus. Best of all is getting to work with a smile on my face!
SUSE works fine with apt. Try Synaptic as a resource search
When my printer, keyboard and mouse cannot work under Linux how happy am I going to be? This is the scenario now for me (BJ printer, Internet keyb & intellimouse), but I'm persisting and then printing to pdf dropping on a Windows PC and out comes the paper. Why would Mr/Ms Mainstream bother if they have to buy new stuff or lose functionality? Less time on making the gadgets work well and more time on making them work seamlessly with what the user has already and we may get this thing on many PCs - until then its like building a kit car - a limited audience...